Crystalline Glycopyrrolate Tosylate

ABSTRACT

Salts of glycopyrrolate, including solid forms thereof are herein disclosed. Methods of making glycopyrrolate salts and methods of treating hyperhidrosis with salts of glycopyrrolate are disclosed.

Glycopyrrolate is a quaternary ammonium cation of the muscarinic anticholinergic group. Glycopyrrolate, typically as a bromide salt, has been used in the treatment of a variety of conditions including diarrhea (U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,214,792 and 5,919,760), urinary incontinence (U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,204,285 and 6,063,808), and anxiety (U.S. Pat. No. 5,525,347). Additionally, U.S. Pat. No. 5,976,499 discloses a method for diagnosing cystic fibrosis in a patient by, in part, stimulating sweat production through the injection of a glycopyrrolate solution into a patient. Glycopyrrolate has also been used for the treatment of hyperhidrosis in US 20100276329.

Glycopyrrolate has previously been made available as a bromide salt or an acetate salt. The bromide salt of glycopyrrolate is sold as Rubinol®. The term “glycopyrrolate” as used in the label for Rubinol® refers to the bromide salt which is more formally referred to as glycopyrronium bromide.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In one aspect of the invention, a salt of glycopyrrolate is provided wherein the anion is selected from benzoate, edisylate, oxalate, hydrogen sulfate, and tosylate.

In a further aspect of the invention, glycopyrrolate tosylate, including polymorphs, co-crystals, hydrates and solvates thereof, is provided.

In a further aspect of the invention, solid glycopyrrolate tosylate is provided, including polymorphs, solvates, hydrates and co-crystals thereof and amorphous glycopyrrolate tosylate.

In another aspect of the invention, glycopyrrolate tosylate monohydrate is provided.

In a further aspect of the invention, crystalline glycopyrrolate tosylate, including polymorphs, co-crystals, hydrates and solvates thereof, is provided.

In a yet another aspect of the invention, crystalline glycopyrrolate tosylate monohydrate and polymorphs thereof are provided.

In another aspect of the invention, Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate is provided.

In a further aspect of the invention, dehydrated crystalline glycopyrrolate tosylate monohydrate, hereinafter referred to as dehydrated Form D, is provided.

In further aspects of the invention, processes for making Forms C and D of glycopyrrolate tosylate are provided, as are Form C and Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate made by those processes.

In another aspect of the invention, methods of treating hyperhidrosis using Forms C or D of glycopyrrolate tosylate are provided.

In another aspect of the invention, amorphous glycopyrrolate tosylate is provided.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is the ORTEP drawing of Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate monohydrate.

FIG. 2 is an x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate monohydrate.

FIG. 3 is an infrared (“IR”) spectrum of Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate monohydrate.

FIG. 4 is the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate.

FIG. 5 is the IR spectrum of Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate.

FIG. 6 is the indexing solution for Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate with Pawley refinement.

FIG. 7 includes a DSC thermogram and TGA for Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate.

FIG. 8 is the x-ray powder diffraction for dehydrated Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate.

FIG. 9 is an overlay of Form D and dehydrated Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate.

FIG. 10 is the indexing solution for dehydrated Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate with Pawley refinement.

FIG. 11 is the indexing solution for Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate monohydrate with Pawley refinement.

FIG. 12 is the x-ray powder diffraction for crystalline glycopyrrolate benzoate.

FIG. 13 is the DSC thermogram for crystalline glycopyrrolate benzoate.

FIG. 14 is the x-ray powder diffraction for crystalline di-glycopyrrolate edisylate.

FIG. 15 is DSC thermogram for crystalline di-glycopyrrolate edisylate.

FIG. 16 is the x-ray powder diffraction for crystalline glycopyrrolate oxalate.

FIG. 17 is the x-ray powder diffraction for crystalline glycopyrrolate hydrogen sulfate.

FIG. 18 is the DSC thermogram for crystalline glycopyrrolate hydrogen sulfate.

FIG. 19 is an x-ray amorphous diffraction pattern of glycopyrrolate tosylate.

FIG. 20 is a DSC/TGA overlay of an x-ray amorphous glycopyrrolate tosylate.

FIG. 21 is the x-ray powder diffraction pattern for glycopyrrolate bromide.

FIG. 22 is the x-ray powder diffraction pattern for glycopyrrolate acetate.

FIG. 23 is the modulated DSC thermogram of an x-ray amorphous glycopyrrolate tosylate.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The term “solid form” is often used to refer to a class or type of solid-state material. One kind of solid form is a “polymorph” which refers to two or more compounds having the same chemical formula but differing in solid-state structure. Salts may be polymorphic. When polymorphs are elements, they are termed allotropes. Carbon possesses the well-known allotropes of graphite, diamond, and buckminsterfullerene. Polymorphs of molecular compounds, such as active pharmaceutical ingredients (“APIs”), are often prepared and studied in order to identify compounds meeting scientific or commercial needs including, but not limited to, improved solubility, dissolution rate, hygroscopicity, and stability.

Other solid forms include solvates and hydrates of compounds including salts. A solvate is a compound wherein a solvent molecule is present in the crystal structure together with another compound, such as an API. When the solvent is water, the solvent is termed a hydrate. Solvates and hydrates may be stoichiometric or non-stoichiometric. A monohydrate is the term used when there is one water molecule, stoichiometrically, with respect to, for example, an API, in the unit cell.

In order to identify the presence of a particular solid form, one of ordinary skill typically uses a suitable analytical technique to collect data on the form for analysis. For example, chemical identity of solid forms can often be determined with solution-state techniques such as ¹³C-NMR or ¹H-NMR spectroscopy and such techniques may also be valuable in determining the stoichiometry and presence of “guests” such as water or solvent in a hydrate or solvate, respectively. These spectroscopic techniques may also be used to distinguish, for example, solid forms without water or solvent in the unit cell (often referred to as “anhydrates”), from hydrates or solvates.

Solution-state analytical techniques do not provide information about the solid state as a substance and thus, for example, solid-state techniques may be used to distinguish among solid forms such as anhydrates. Examples of solid-state techniques which may be used to analyze and characterize solid forms, including anhydrates and hydrates, include single crystal x-ray diffraction, x-ray powder diffraction (“XRPD”), solid-state ¹³C-NMR, Infrared (“IR”) spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and thermal techniques such as Differential Scanning calorimetry (DSC), melting point, and hot stage microscopy.

Polymorphs are a subset of crystalline forms that share the same chemical structure but differ in how the molecules are packed in a solid. When attempting to distinguish polymorphs based on analytical data, one looks for data which characterize the form. For example, when there are two polymorphs of a compound (e.g., Form I and Form II), one can use x-ray powder diffraction peaks to characterize the forms when one finds a peak in a Form I pattern at angles where no such peak is present in the Form II pattern. In such a case, that single peak for Form I distinguishes it from Form II and may further act to characterize Form I. When more forms are present, then the same analysis is also done for the other polymorphs. Thus, to characterize Form I against the other polymorphs, one would look for peaks in Form I at angles where such peaks are not present in the x-ray powder diffraction patterns of the other polymorphs. The collection of peaks, or indeed a single peak, which distinguishes Form I from the other known polymorphs is a collection of peaks which may be used to characterize Form I. If, for example, two peaks characterize a polymorph then those two peaks can be used to identify the presence of that polymorph and hence characterize the polymorph. Those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that there are often multiple ways, including multiple ways using the same analytical technique, to characterize polymorphic polymorphs. For example, one may find that three x-ray powder diffraction peaks characterize a polymorph. Additional peaks could also be used, but are not necessary, to characterize the polymorph up to and including an entire diffraction pattern. Although all the peaks within an entire diffractogram may be used to characterize a crystalline form, one may instead, and typically does as disclosed herein, use a subset of that data to characterize such a crystalline form depending on the circumstances.

When analyzing data to distinguish an anhydrate from a hydrate, for example, one can rely on the fact that the two solid forms have different chemical structures—one having water in the unit cell and the other not. Thus, this feature alone may be used to distinguish the forms of the compound and it may not be necessary to identify peaks in the anhydrate, for example, which are not present in the hydrate or vice versa.

X-ray powder diffraction patterns are some of the most commonly used solid-state analytical techniques used to characterize solid forms. An x-ray powder diffraction pattern is an x-y graph with °2θ (diffraction angle) on the x-axis and intensity on the y-axis. The peaks within this plot may be used to characterize a crystalline solid form. The data is often represented by the position of the peaks on the x-axis rather than the intensity of peaks on the y-axis because peak intensity can be particularly sensitive to sample orientation (see Pharmaceutical Analysis, Lee & Web, pp. 255-257 (2003)). Thus, intensity is not typically used by those skilled in the art to characterize solid forms.

As with any data measurement, there is variability in x-ray powder diffraction data. In addition to the variability in peak intensity, there is also variability in the position of peaks on the x-axis. This variability can, however, typically be accounted for when reporting the positions of peaks for purposes of characterization. Such variability in the position of peaks along the x-axis derives from several sources. One comes from sample preparation. Samples of the same crystalline material, prepared under different conditions may yield slightly different diffractograms. Factors such as particle size, moisture content, solvent content, and orientation may all affect how a sample diffracts x-rays. Another source of variability comes from instrument parameters. Different x-ray instruments operate using different parameters and these may lead to slightly different diffraction patterns from the same crystalline solid form. Likewise, different software packages process x-ray data differently and this also leads to variability. These and other sources of variability are known to those of ordinary skill in the pharmaceutical arts.

Due to such sources of variability, it is common to recite x-ray diffraction peaks using the word “about” prior to the peak value in °2θ which presents the data to within 0.1 or 0.2 °2θ of the stated peak value depending on the circumstances. The x-ray powder diffraction data corresponding to the solid forms of glycopyrrolate including glycopyrrolate tosylate of the disclosure were collected on instruments which were routinely calibrated and operated by skilled scientists. Accordingly, the variability associated with these data would be expected to be closer to ±0.1 °2θ than to ±0.2°2θ and indeed likely less than 0.1 with the instruments used herein. However, to take into account that instruments used elsewhere by those of ordinary skill in the art may not be so maintained, for example, all x-ray powder diffraction peaks cited herein have been reported with a variability on the order of ±0.2°2θ and are intended to be reported with such a variability whenever disclosed herein and are reported in the specification to one significant figure after the decimal even though analytical output may suggest higher precision on its face.

Single-crystal x-ray diffraction provides three-dimensional structural information about the positions of atoms and bonds in a crystal. It is not always possible or feasible, however, to obtain such a structure from a crystal, due to, for example, insufficient crystal size or difficulty in preparing crystals of sufficient quality for single-crystal x-ray diffraction.

X-ray powder diffraction data may also be used, in some circumstances, to determine the crystallographic unit cell of the crystalline structure. The method by which this is done is called “indexing.” Indexing is the process of determining the size and shape of the crystallographic unit cell consistent with the peak positions in a suitable x-ray powder diffraction pattern. Indexing provides solutions for the three unit cell lengths (a, b, c), three unit cell angles (α, β, γ), and three Miller index labels (h, k, 1) for each peak. The lengths are typically reported in Angstrom units and the angles in degree units. The Miller index labels are unitless integers. Successful indexing indicates that the sample is composed of one crystalline phase and is therefore not a mixture of crystalline phases.

IR spectroscopy is another technique that may be used to characterize solid forms together with or separately from x-ray powder diffraction. In an IR spectrum, absorbed light is plotted on the x-axis of a graph in the units of “wavenumber” (cm⁻¹), with intensity on the y-axis. Variation in the position of IR peaks also exists and may be due to sample conditions as well as data collection and processing. The typical variability in IR spectra reported herein is on the order of plus or minus 2.0 cm⁻¹. Thus, the use of the word “about” when referencing IR peaks is meant to include this variability and all IR peaks disclosed herein are intended to be reported with such variability.

Thermal methods are another typical technique to characterize solid forms. Different polymorphs of the same compound often melt at different temperatures. Thus, the melting point of a polymorph, as measured by methods such as capillary melting point, DSC, and hot stage microscopy, alone or in combination with techniques such as x-ray powder diffraction, IR spectroscopy, or both, may be used to characterize polymorphs or other solid forms.

As with any analytical technique, melting point determinations are also subject to variability. Common sources of variability, in addition to instrumental variability, are due to colligative properties such as the presence of other solid forms or other impurities within a sample whose melting point is being measured.

As used herein, the term “glycopyrrolate” refers to the cation of the salt containing glycopyrronium. In other words, as used herein, glycopyrrolate and glycopyrronium are used interchangeably. For example, glycopyrrolate tosylate and glycopyrronium tosylate refer to the same salt.

The present invention provides the tosylate salt of glycopyrrolate or a solvate thereof, including the solution and various solid forms thereof, the process of preparing glycopyrrolate tosylate, and the therapeutic use of glycopyrrolate tosylate.

By “glycopyrrolate tosylate,” it is meant a tosylate salt of glycopyrrolate having the chemical name of 3-[(cyclopentylhydroxyphenylacetyl)oxy]-1,1-dimethyl-pyrrolidinium tosylate, also known as “3-(2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate,” and a structure as shown below:

Furthermore, the term “glycopyrrolate tosylate,” as used herein, unless otherwise specified explicitly or implicitly, such as a glycopyrrolate tosylate resulting from a glycopyrrolate starting material with specific diastereomers (e.g., glycopyrrolate bromide used herein which was a mixture of R,S and S,R diastereomers), includes any one of the four diastereomers listed below as well as any mixture of two, three, or four of the diastereomers:

-   (R)-3-((S)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium     4-methylbenzenesulfonate; -   (S)-3-((R)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium     4-methylbenzenesulfonate; -   (R)-3-((R)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium     4-methylbenzenesulfonate; and -   (S)-3-((S)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium     4-methylbenzenesulfonate.

In one embodiment, “glycopyrrolate tosylate” is (R)-3-(S)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate. In another embodiment, the “glycopyrrolate tosylate” is (S)-3-((R)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate. In another embodiment, the “glycopyrrolate tosylate” is (R)-3-((R)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate. In another embodiment, the “glycopyrrolate tosylate” is (S)-3-((S)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate. In yet another embodiment, the “glycopyrrolate tosylate” is a racemic mixture of (R)-3-(S)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate and (S)-3-((R)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate. In yet another embodiment, the “glycopyrrolate tosylate” is a racemic mixture of (R)-3-((R)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate and (S)-3-((S)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate. The solvate, such as hydrate, of “glycopyrrolate tosylate”, can be a solvate, e.g., a hydrate, of any one of the four diastereomers listed above or any mixture of two, three, or four of the diastereomers.

It is to be understood that the invention further includes isotopic substitution. For example, deuterated glycopyrrolates are included within the definition of glycopyrrolate.

In one embodiment of the disclosure, a salt of glycopyrrolate is provided wherein the anion is selected from benzoate, edisylate, oxalate, hydrogen sulfate, and tosylate including hydrates and solvates thereof. In a further embodiment, a solid salt of glycopyrrolate is provided wherein the anion is selected from benzoate, edisylate, oxalate, hydrogen sulfate, and tosylate including polymorphs, hydrates, solvates, the corresponding amorphous forms of each salt, and co-crystals thereof.

In a further embodiment, a crystalline salt of glycopyrrolate benzoate is provided. An x-ray powder diffraction pattern substantially the same as the pattern of FIG. 12 may be used to characterize one embodiment of crystalline glycopyrrolate benzoate. A smaller subset of the peaks may be used to characterize crystalline glycopyrrolate benzoate. For example, any one or more of the peaks, for example, at about 8.0, 11.8, 16.1, 17.8, 18.8, 20.1, or 23.8 °2ƒ may be used to characterize crystalline glycopyrrolate benzoate. For example, the peaks at about 8.0 °2θ and 16.0 °2θ may be used to characterize glycopyrrolate benzoate. In another embodiment, a DSC endotherm at about 79° C. as shown in FIG. 13 may be used to characterize crystalline glycopyrrolate benzoate. Combinations of x-ray data and DSC data may also be used to characterize glycopyrrolate benzoate. For example, one or more of the peaks at about 8.0, 11.8, 16.1, 17.8, 18.8, 20.1, or 23.8 °2θ, such as the peaks at about 8.0 °2θ and 18.8 °2θ together with a DSC endotherm at about 79° C. may be used to characterize glycopyrrolate benzoate.

In an additional embodiment, a crystalline salt of di-glycopyrrolate edisylate is provided. An x-ray powder diffraction pattern substantially the same as the pattern of FIG. 14 may be used to characterize one embodiment of crystalline di-glycopyrrolate edisylate. A smaller subset of the peaks may be used to characterize crystalline di-glycopyrrolate edisylate. For example, any one or more of the peaks, for example, at about 5.2, 9.2, 10.4, 11.2, 12.9, 15.3, 17.9, 18.6, 20.9, 22.3, or 23.7 °2θ may be used to characterize crystalline di-glycopyrrolate edisylate. For example, the peaks at about 11.2 and 17.9 °2θ may be used to characterize di-glycopyrrolate edisylate. In another embodiment, a DSC endotherm at about 103° C. as shown in FIG. 15 may be used to characterize crystalline di-glycopyrrolate edisylate. Combinations of x-ray data and DSC data may also be used to characterize di-glycopyrrolate edisylate. For example, in addition, one or more of the peaks at about 5.2, 9.2, 10.4, 11.2, 12.9, 15.3, 17.9, 18.6, 20.9, 22.3, or 23.7 °2θ, such as the peaks at about 11.2 and 17.9 °2θ together with a DSC endotherm at about 103° C. may be used to characterize di-glycopyrrolate edisylate.

In a further embodiment, a crystalline salt of glycopyrrolate oxalate is provided. An x-ray powder diffraction pattern substantially the same as the pattern of FIG. 16 may be used to characterize one embodiment of crystalline glycopyrrolate oxalate. A smaller subset of the peaks may be used to characterize crystalline glycopyrrolate oxalate. For example, any one or more of the peaks, for example, at about 5.0, 8.4, 10.7, or 12.1 °2θ may be used to characterize crystalline glycopyrrolate oxalate. For example, the peaks at about 5.0 and 8.4 °2θ may be used to characterize glycopyrrolate oxalate.

In an additional embodiment, a crystalline salt of glycopyrrolate hydrogen sulfate is provided. An x-ray powder diffraction pattern substantially the same as the pattern of FIG. 17 may be used to characterize one embodiment of crystalline glycopyrrolate hydrogen sulfate. A smaller subset of the peaks may be used to characterize crystalline glycopyrrolate hydrogen sulfate. For example, any one or more of the peaks, for example, at about 5.6, 13.1, 14.5, 17.2, 18.2, 19.9, 20.2, 21.4, 21.6, 22.7, or 28.9 °2θ may be used to characterize crystalline glycopyrrolate hydrogen sulfate. For example, the peaks at about 5.6 and 13.1 °2θ may be used to characterize glycopyrrolate sulfate. In another embodiment, a DSC endotherm at about 160° C. and/or a second endotherm at about 169° C. as shown in FIG. 18 may be used to characterize crystalline glycopyrrolate hydrogen sulfate. Combinations of x-ray data and DSC data may also be used to characterize glycopyrrolate hydrogen sulfate. For example, in addition, one or more of the peaks at about 5.6, 13.1, 14.5, 17.2, 18.2, 19.9, 20.2, 21.4, 21.6, 22.7, or 28.9, such as the peaks at about 5.6 and 13.1 °2θ, together with a DSC endotherm at about 160° C. or a second endotherm at about 169° C. or both may be used to characterize glycopyrrolate hydrogen sulfate.

In a further embodiment, a crystalline salt of glycopyrrolate acetate is provided. An x-ray powder diffraction pattern substantially the same as the pattern of FIG. 22 may be used to characterize one embodiment of crystalline glycopyrrolate acetate. A smaller subset of the peaks may be used to characterize crystalline glycopyrrolate acetate. For example, any one or more of the peaks, for example, at about 5.2, 10.4, 10.8, 11.3, 12.6, 15.4, 17.5, 19.1, or 23.6 °2θ may be used to characterize crystalline glycopyrrolate acetate. For example, the peaks at about 5.2 and 11.3 °2θ may be used to characterize glycopyrrolate acetate.

In another embodiment crystalline glycopyrrolate tosylate monohydrate is provided, also referred to herein as Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate or Form D. Exemplary preparations of Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate include Examples 8 and 9 herein. The ORTEP drawing of Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate, based on its crystal structure, is set forth in FIG. 1. The chemical structure of Form D glycopyrrolate is set forth below as Formula I:

The XRPD pattern corresponding to Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate is represented by FIG. 1. The crystal structure of the monoclinic Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate is set forth herein with the crystal data and acquisition parameter provided in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Crystal Data and Data Collection Parameters for Glycopyrrolate Tosylate Form D formula C₂₆H₃₇NO₇S formula weight 507.65 space group P2₁/n (No. 14) a 8.8715(5) Å b 11.5849(7) Å c 25.5323(14) Å β 96.9 deg V 2604.9(3) Å³ Z 4 d_(calc), g cm⁻³ 1.294 crystal dimensions, mm 0.23 × 0.20 × 0.18 temperature, K 150. radiation (wavelength, Å) Cu K_(α) (1.54184) monochromator confocal optics linear abs coef, mm⁻¹ 1.479 absorption correction applied empirical^(a) transmission factors: min, max 0.592, 0.766 diffractometer Rigaku RAPID-II h, k, l range 0 to 10 0 to 13 −31 to 30 2θ range, deg 3.49-140.48 mosaicity, deg 0.76 programs used SHELXTL F₀₀₀ 1088.0 weighting 1/[(σ²(F_(o) ²) + (0.1231P)² + 0.8250P] where P = (F_(o) ² + 2F_(c) ²)/3 data collected 24514 unique data 4024 R_(int) 0.086 data used in refinement 4024 cutoff used in R-factor calculations F_(o) ² > 2.0σ(F_(o) ²) data with I > 2.0σ(I) 3812 number of variables 331 largest shift/esd in final cycle 0.00 R(F_(o)) 0.064 R_(w)(F_(o) ²) 0.185 goodness of fit 1.098 ^(a)Otwinowski, Z.; Minor, W. Methods Enzymol. 1997, 276, 307. ^(b)Flack, H. D. Acta Cryst., 1983 A39, 876. ^(c)Hooft, R. W. W., Straver, L. H., and Spek, A. L. J. Appl. Cryst., 2008, 41,96-103.

Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate was found to be monoclinic with space group P2₁/n. At 150K, the calculated density was found to be 1.294 grams per cubic centimeter. To two significant figures after the decimal, the unit cell dimensions were determined to be: a equals about 8.87 Å; b equals about 11.58 A; and c equals about 25.53 A, with corresponding unit cell angles of α=90.00°, β=96.9°, and γ=90.00°. The Form D unit cell was found to be racemic with both R,S and S,R diastereomers of glycopyrrolate in the unit cell.

A pattern substantially the same as the pattern of FIG. 2 may be used to characterize Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate. A smaller subset of the peaks identified in FIG. 2 may instead be used to characterize Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate. For example, any one or more of peaks at about 6.9, 10.3, 12.6, 13.7, 14.9, 15.3, 15.7, 16.4, 17.7, 18.2, or 20.6°2θ may be used to characterize Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate. For example, the single peak at about 6.9 or 10.3 or 12.6, or 20.6 °2θ may be used to characterize Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate. In another example, peaks at about 6.9 and 10.3 °2θ may be used to characterize Form D glycopyrrolate. In a further example, the peaks at about 6.9, 10.3, and 12.6°2θ may be used to characterize Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate. In still another example, the peaks at about 10.3 and 12.6 °2θ characterize Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate. Table 2 identifies selected peaks from FIG. 2. Intensity is provided for completeness.

TABLE 2 Selected Peaks from FIG. 2 Diffraction angle °(2θ) d spacing (Å) Intensity (%)  6.87 ± 0.20 12.867 ± 0.385  100 10.26 ± 0.20 8.620 ± 0.171 16 12.55 ± 0.20 7.052 ± 0.114 85 13.72 ± 0.20 6.454 ± 0.095 15 14.91 ± 0.20 5.943 ± 0.080 29 15.31 ± 0.20 5.788 ± 0.076 18 15.68 ± 0.20 5.653 ± 0.073 17 16.43 ± 0.20 5.396 ± 0.066 14 17.73 ± 0.20 5.002 ± 0.057 19 18.15 ± 0.20 4.888 ± 0.054 25 18.60 ± 0.20 4.770 ± 0.051 53 18.82 ± 0.20 4.716 ± 0.050 28 19.59 ± 0.20 4.532 ± 0.046 16 20.21 ± 0.20 4.395 ± 0.043 26 20.62 ± 0.20 4.307 ± 0.042 63 21.09 ± 0.20 4.212 ± 0.040 19 21.63 ± 0.20 4.109 ± 0.038 19 23.50 ± 0.20 3.786 ± 0.032 14 25.15 ± 0.20 3.541 ± 0.028 27

Further, Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate is distinguishable from Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate and the dehydrated form of Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate by the presence of water in the unit cell of Form D and may be so characterized.

Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate may also be characterized by the IR spectrum in FIG. 3. When considering just IR spectroscopy, the entire IR spectrum may be used to characterize Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate or a subset of the spectrum may be so used. For example, any one or more of peaks at about 1734, 1196, 1125, 1036, 1013, and 682 cm⁻¹ or others may be used alone or in combination to characterize Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate. Selected peaks from the IR spectrum in FIG. 3 are set forth below in Table 3.

TABLE 3 Selected Peaks in the IR Spectrum of Form D in from FIG. 3 in cm⁻¹ 682 703 713 735 750 801 815 850 856 880 908 934 940 954 975 1013 1024 1036 1075 1084 1125 1139 1155 1182 1196 1230 1265 1281 1312 1320 1329 1361 1373 1382 1445 1464 1476 1488 1495 1599 1636 1734 2868 2954 2967 3033 3057 3422 3568

Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate may be characterized by both the IR and XRPD data as set forth herein. For example, Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate may be characterized by one or more XRPD peaks selected from, for example, about 6.9, 10.3, 12.6, 13.7, 14.9, 15.3, 15.7, 16.4, 17.7, 18.2, or 20.6 °2θ and one or more of the IR peaks selected from, for example, about 1734, 1196, 1125, 1036, 1013, and 682 cm⁻¹.

Form D may be prepared by several methods. In one method, glycopyrrolate bromide is treated with a metal salt such as silver salt, of tosylate to form a glycopyrrolate salt. In particular Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate may be prepared by treating Ag-tosylate with glycopyrrolate-X in a suitable solvent to form a slurry; removing the solids from the slurry to obtain a solution; lyophilizing the solution to form a solid; dissolving the solid in a crystallization solvent; and removing the crystallization solvent to form Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate, wherein X is a halide. Suitable solvents are those that will afford a slurry when treating Ag-tosylate with glycopyrrolate-X. An example of a suitable solvent is an alcohol such as isopropanol. A crystallization solvent is a solvent, or mixtures thereof, which will dissolve sufficient solid provided after the lyophilizing stage such that when the crystallization solvent is removed, Form D glycopyrrolate is the resulting solid. An example of a crystallization solvent is a mixture of acetonitrile and water. Embodiments include where X is a halide such as iodide or bromide.

In some embodiments, the crystallization solvent is removed by lowering the temperature of the solid obtained after lyophilizing in solution and decanting the solvent. In these and other embodiments, an anti-solvent, such as toluene, is added to the solution containing the dissolved solid.

Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate may also be prepared by treating glycopyrrolate-Y and p-toluenesulfonic acid in a suitable solvent; removal of the solvent to form a solid; re-dissolving the solid in a crystallization solvent to form a solution and removing the crystallization solvent to form Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate wherein Y is an organic anion. An example of Y is acetate.

In some embodiments, an anti-solvent, such as toluene, is added to the solution containing the dissolved solid.

As disclosed in US 20100276329, glycopyrrolate bromide may be used to treat hyperhidrosis such as by using a wipe containing a solution of glycopyrrolate bromide. It is the glycopyrrolate cation of the bromide salt which is the active clinical moiety. Accordingly, glycopyrrolate tosylate may also be used to treat hyperhidrosis in patients such as by administering a wipe containing glycopyrrolate tosylate in solution. Further, wipes containing one or more of glycopyrrolate benzoate, edisylate, oxalate, or hydrogen sulfate in solution may similarly be used to treat hyperhidrosis in patients.

In another embodiment, crystalline glycopyrrolate tosylate anhydrate is disclosed, also referred to herein as Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate or Form C. Exemplary preparations of Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate include Examples 11, 12, and 13 herein.

The x-ray powder diffraction pattern corresponding to Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate is provided in FIG. 4. The infrared spectrum corresponding to Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate is provided in FIG. 5. Form C was indexed to determine unit cell dimensions and the indexing solution is presented as FIG. 6.

An x-ray powder diffraction pattern substantially the same as the pattern of FIG. 4 may be used to characterize Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate. A smaller subset of the peaks identified in FIG. 4 may be used to characterize Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate. For example, any one or more of the peaks at about 5.5, 11.0, 11.8, 13.9, 14.9, 17.8, 19.6, 20.4, 21.6 and 22.1 °2θ may be used to characterize Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate. For example, the single peaks at about 5.5 or 11.0 or 14.9 °2θ may be used to characterize Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate, or any combination of the three. In another example, peaks at about 5.5 and 11.0 °2θ may be used to characterize Form C glycopyrrolate. In a further example, the peaks at about 5.5, 11.0, and 14.9°2θ may be used to characterize Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate. Table 4 identifies selected peaks from FIG. 4. Further, Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate is distinguishable from Form D glycopyrrolate tosylate since Form C lacks water in the unit cell. Intensity is provided for completeness.

TABLE 4 Selected Peaks from FIG. 4 Diffraction angle °(2θ) d spacing (Å) Intensity (%)  5.47 ± 0.20 16.168 ± 0.614  100 10.98 ± 0.20 8.057 ± 0.149 34 11.82 ± 0.20 7.489 ± 0.128 13 13.87 ± 0.20 6.384 ± 0.093 20 14.86 ± 0.20 5.963 ± 0.081 82 17.75 ± 0.20 4.997 ± 0.056 67 17.92 ± 0.20 4.951 ± 0.055 53 18.12 ± 0.20 4.897 ± 0.054 35 19.60 ± 0.20 4.528 ± 0.046 51 20.39 ± 0.20 4.356 ± 0.043 42 21.59 ± 0.20 4.116 ± 0.038 27 22.14 ± 0.20 4.014 ± 0.036 26

Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate may also be characterized by the IR spectrum in FIG. 5. When considering just IR spectroscopy, the entire IR spectrum may be used to characterize Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate or a subset of the spectrum may be so used. For example, any one or more of the peaks at about 1733, 1236, 1211, 1198, 1186, 1177, 1120, 1032, 1008, and 682 cm⁻¹ or others may be used alone or in combination to characterize Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate. Selected peaks from the IR spectrum in FIG. 5 are set forth below in Table 5.

TABLE 5 Selected Peaks from FIG. 5 in cm⁻¹ 682 706 714 742 755 786 801 821 849 886 929 938 956 980 1008 1032 1075 1120 1177 1186 1198 1211 1236 1293 1317 1446 1464 1475 1485 1597 1733 2867 2961 3032

Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate may be characterized by both the IR and XRPD data as set forth herein. For example, Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate may be characterized by one or more XRPD peaks selected from, for example, about 5.5, 11.0, 11.8, 13.9, 14.9, 17.8, 19.6, 20.4, 21.6, and 22.1 °2θ and one or more of the IR peaks selected from, for example, 1733, 1236, 1211, 1198, 1186, 1177, 1120, 1032, 1008, and 682 cm⁻¹.

Form C may also be characterized by its thermal characteristics. For example, Form C exhibits a melting endotherm at about 168° C. when measured with a Tzero™ pan type configuration at a heating rate of 10° C. per minute from −30° C. to 250° C.

Form C may be characterized by its DSC thermogram alone or in combination with the x-ray powder diffraction data, IR data, or both. For example, Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate may be characterized by a DSC thermogram having an endotherm at about 168° C. and the x-ray powder diffraction pattern of FIG. 4 and the IR spectrum of FIG. 5. However, it is not necessary to use all of these data to characterize Form C when using DSC. For example, the single peak at about 5.5 °2θ and the DSC endotherm at about 168° C. may be used to characterize Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate (see FIG. 7). In another example, the peak at about 168° C. and the IR peak at about 1733 cm⁻¹ may be used to characterize Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate. In yet another example, the endotherm at 168° C., the x-ray powder diffraction peak at about 5.5 °2θ, and the IR peak at about 1733 cm⁻¹ may be used to characterize Form C glycopyrrolate tosylate.

Form C may be prepared by dehydrating Form D. Alternatively, Form C may be prepared by dissolving a glycopyrrolate salt such as, for example, at elevated temperatures such as about 50° C. Slow cooling of the solution to room temperature followed by vacuum filtration and washing in a suitable organic solvent such as acetone results in the formation of Form C.

In a further embodiment, dehydrated forms of Form D are provided. An exemplary preparation of dehydrated Form D includes Example 10 herein. In one such embodiment, a dehydrated form of Form D, hereinafter referred to as dehydrated Form D, is provided wherein there is no water in the unit cell. An x-ray powder diffraction pattern of dehydrated Form D is provided in FIG. 8. An overlay of the diffraction pattern showing dehydrated Form D and Form D is provided in FIG. 9.

The indexing solution, with a Pawley refinement, to dehydrated Form D is presented in FIG. 10 and indicates a unit cell which is of the same proportions, within experimental variation, as with the indexing solution of Form D, also with a Pawley refinement (FIG. 11) except for a loss of volume, which is consistent with water loss, and which results in a smaller unit cell. The indexing solution from FIG. 11 presents a, b, and c parameters which correspond, respectively, to the c, b, and a parameters of the single crystal study (performed at 150K) as set forth in Table 1.

The overlay pattern from Form D and dehydrated Form D show that there are some shifts between the two forms and that can also be seen in the comparison of the peak positions for selected Miller indices as set forth in Table 6 below. The differences in the Miller indices between Form D and dehydrated Form D confirm that they are different solid forms.

TABLE 6 Select Miller Indices and Peak Comparisons between Form D and Dehydrated Form D h k l Form D (2θ) Dehydrated (2θ) Δ 2 0 0 6.84873 6.74897 −0.09976 1 1 0 8.16348 8.21407 0.05059 2 1 0 10.09605 10.08663 −0.00942 1 0 −1 10.22338 10.50517 0.28179 1 0 1 11.02323 11.37050 0.34727 0 1 1 12.50656 12.83560 0.32904 1 −1 −1 12.63742 12.91262 0.2752 2 0 2 22.15015 22.85492 0.70477 1 1 2 22.21449 22.92323 0.70874

Dehydrated Form D is further distinguishable from Form D since it lacks water of crystallization whereas Form D is a monohydrate and from Form C because the peaks of dehydrated Form D (an anhydrate) differ substantially from those in Form C (anhydrate). For example, as Table 6 indicates, dehydrated Form D has a peak at about 6.75 °2θ whereas the closest peak from Form C is at about 6.30 °2θ, a difference of 0.45°2θ. In addition, the indexing solution for Form C shows the unit cell to be triclinic whereas the unit cell of dehydrated Form D is monoclinic.

In another series of embodiments, variable hydrates, each with different water content in between dehydrated Form D and monohydrate Form D is provided. Such embodiments provide for a continuum of water content in between dehydrated Form D and Form D as illustrated with one example in FIG. 9. One would expect that other materials with an intermediate water content to generally exhibit x-ray powder diffraction pattern yielding peaks which are intermediate between Form D and dehydrated Form D.

In a further embodiment, the amorphous glycopyrrolate tosylate has an x-ray powder diffraction pattern exhibiting a figure substantially the same as FIG. 19. In another embodiment, the amorphous glycopyrrolate tosylate of the invention has a glass transition temperature onset of about 11.6° C. In yet another embodiment, the amorphous glycopyrrolate tosylate of the invention has an x-ray powder diffraction pattern substantially the same as in FIG. 19 and a glass transition onset temperature of about 11.6° C. In still an additional embodiment, the amorphous glycopyrrolate tosylate of the invention has an x-ray powder diffraction pattern exhibiting an amorphous halo but that is not substantially similar to that of FIG. 19.

The amorphous glycopyrrolate tosylate of the invention was observed to be amorphous by X-ray diffraction in that it had contained the “amorphous halo” associated with amorphous solids. Such a material is often called “x-ray amorphous.” As used herein, “amorphous” when describing glycopyrrolate tosylate means amorphous as determined by x-ray powder diffraction such as, for example, as shown in FIG. 19. DSC and thermogravimetric data for an x-ray amorphous form are shown in FIG. 20 whereas the modulated DSC thermogram is set forth in FIG. 23.

In another embodiment, the present invention provides a pharmaceutically acceptable solution comprising glycopyrrolate tosylate or a solvate thereof and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable additives. Such additives may include such co-solvents as ethanol and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients.

In some embodiments, the pharmaceutically acceptable solution is absorbed onto a carrier. For example, such a carrier may be an absorbent pad suitable for holding such solution when in storage as well as for application of the solution to desired areas of skin.

According to the present invention, the absorbent pad can be based on cotton fabric or non-cotton fabric. In one embodiment, the absorbent pad is based on synthetic nonwoven fabric, such as nonwoven rayon and polypropylene fabric. In one embodiment, the absorbent pad is a 75:25 rayon and polypropylene pad. The absorbent pad comprising the pharmaceutically acceptable solution can be prepared by contacting a dry absorbent pad with a pharmaceutically acceptable solution of the invention. Then the resulting absorbent pad containing a pharmaceutically acceptable solution can be applied to the area of the body to be treated.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides a process of preparing a pharmaceutically acceptable solution of glycopyrrolate tosylate or a solvate thereof. The process comprises dissolving glycopyrrolate tosylate or a solvate thereof in a suitable solvent such as, for example, an aqueous solution. In some embodiments, the glycopyrrolate tosylate or a solvate to be dissolved is in a crystalline form, such as Form C or Form D. In some embodiments, the glycopyrrolate tosylate or a solvate thereof is in an x-ray amorphous form.

In another embodiment, the suitable solvent is prepared by mixing water with ethanol. Then, the glycopyrrolate tosylate or a solvate thereof is mixed with the suitable solution to dissolve the glycopyrrolate tosylate or a solvate thereof in the suitable solution. One or more excipients can be added either prior to or after the mixing of the glycopyrrolate tosylate or a solvate thereof and the aqueous solvent.

The pharmaceutically acceptable solution of glycopyrrolate tosylate or a solvate thereof is therapeutically useful. For example, the pharmaceutically acceptable solution can be used for treating hyperhidrosis or reducing sweating in mammals. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of reducing sweating in a mammal by topically administering to the skin of the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable solution of glycopyrrolate tosylate or a solvate thereof. In one embodiment, the mammal is a human. The pharmaceutically acceptable solution can be applied to one or several areas or even the whole body including, but not limited to, the hands, e.g., palms; axillae; feet, e.g., soles; groin; face, e.g., cheeks and forehead; and trunk, e.g., back and abdomen.

Instrumental Techniques Used in the Examples

X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRPD)

X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRPD)—Reflection Geometry

XRPD patterns were collected with a PANalytical X'Pert PRO MPD diffractometer using an incident beam of Cu Kα radiation produced using a long, fine-focus source and a nickel filter. The diffractometer was configured using the symmetric Bragg-Brentano geometry. Prior to the analysis, a silicon specimen (NIST SRM 640 d) was analyzed to verify the observed position of the Si 111 peak is consistent with the NIST-certified position. A specimen of the sample was prepared as a thin, circular layer centered on a silicon zero-background substrate. Antiscatter slits (SS) were used to minimize the background generated by air. Soller slits for the incident and diffracted beams were used to minimize broadening from axial divergence. Diffraction patterns were collected using a scanning position-sensitive detector (X'Celerator) located 240 mm from the sample and Data Collector software v. 2.2 b. The data acquisition parameters for each pattern were: Cu (1.54059 Å) x-ray tube, 45 kV voltage, 40 mA amperage, 3.50-40.00 °2θ scan range, 0.017 or 0.08 °2θ step size, 1835-1947 s collection time, 1.1 or 1.2°/min scan speed, ⅛° divergence slit (DS), ¼° incident-beam antiscatter slit (SS), 0.0 null revolution time.

X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRPD)—Transmission Geometry

XRPD patterns were collected with a PANalytical X'Pert PRO MPD diffractometer using an incident beam of Cu radiation produced using an Optix long, fine-focus source. An elliptically graded multilayer mirror was used to focus Cu Kα x-rays through the specimen and onto the detector. Prior to the analysis, a silicon specimen (NIST SRM 640d) was analyzed to verify the observed position of the Si 111 peak is consistent with the NIST-certified position. A specimen of the sample was sandwiched between 3-μm-thick films and analyzed in transmission geometry. A beam stop, short antiscatter extension, and antiscatter knife edge were used to minimize the background generated by air. Soller slits for the incident and diffracted beams were used to minimize broadening from axial divergence. Diffraction patterns were collected using a scanning position-sensitive detector (X'Celerator) located 240 mm from the specimen and Data Collector software v. 2.2b. The data acquisition parameters for each pattern were: Cu (1.54059 Å) x-ray tube, 45 kV voltage, 40 mA amperage, 1.0-39.99 °2θ scan range, 0.017 °2θ step size, 717-721 s collection time, 3.3 or 3.2°/min scan speed, ½° divergence slit (DS), null incident-beam antiscatter slit (SS), 1.0 null revolution time.

Variable Temperature X-ray Powder Diffraction (VT-XRPD)

XRPD patterns were collected with a PANalytical X'Pert PRO MPD diffractometer using an incident beam of Cu Kα radiation produced using a long, fine-focus source and a nickel filter. The diffractometer was configured using the symmetric Bragg-Brentano geometry. Data were collected and analyzed using Data Collector software v. 2.2b. Prior to the analysis, a silicon specimen (NIST SRM 640d) was analyzed to verify the Si 111 peak position. A specimen of the sample was packed into a nickel-coated copper well. Antiscatter slits (SS) were used to minimize the background generated by air scattering. Soller slits for the incident and diffracted beams were used to minimize broadening from axial divergence. Diffraction patterns were collected using a scanning position-sensitive detector (X'Celerator) located 240 mm from the sample. The data acquisition parameters for each pattern were: Cu (1.54059 Å) x-ray tube, 45 kV voltage, 40 mA amperage, 3.50-26.00 °2θ scan range, 0.008 °2θ step size, 1869 s collection time, 0.7°/min scan speed, ⅛° divergence slit (DS), ¼° incident-beam antiscatter slit (SS), 0.0 null revolution time.

An Anton Paar TTK 450 stage was used to collect in situ XRPD patterns at non-ambient temperatures. The sample was heated with a resistance heater located directly under the sample holder, and the temperature was monitored with a platinum 100 resistance sensor located directly under the specimen. The power to the heater was supplied and controlled by an Anton Paar TCU 100 interfaced with Data Collector.

Infrared Spectroscopy (IR)

IR spectra were acquired on Nicolet 6700 Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrophotometer (Thermo Nicolet) equipped with an Ever-Glo mid/far IR source, an extended range potassium bromide (KBr) beamsplitter, and a deuterated triglycine sulfate (DTGS) detector. Wavelength verification was performed using NIST SRM 1921b (polystyrene). An attenuated total reflectance (ATR) accessory (Thunderdome™, Thermo Spectra-Tech), with a germanium (Ge) crystal was used for data acquisition. Each spectrum represents 256 co-added scans collected at a spectral resolution of 2 cm−1. A background data set was acquired with a clean Ge crystal. A Log 1/R(R=reflectance) spectrum was obtained by taking a ratio of these two data sets against each other.

Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)

DSC was performed using a TA Instruments 2920 differential scanning calorimeter. Temperature calibration was performed using NIST-traceable indium metal. The sample was placed into an aluminum DSC pan, covered with a lid, and the weight was accurately recorded. A weighed aluminum pan configured as the sample pan was placed on the reference side of the cell. Modulated DSC data (see, e.g., FIG. 23) were obtained on a TA Instruments Q2000 differential scanning calorimeter equipped with a refrigerated cooling system (RCS). Temperature calibration was performed using NIST-traceable indium metal. The sample was placed into an aluminum DSC pan, and the weight was accurately recorded. The pan was covered with a lid perforated with a laser pinhole, and the lid was hermetically sealed. A weighed, crimped aluminum pan was placed on the reference side of the cell. Data were obtained using a modulation amplitude of ±1° C. and a 60 second period with an underlying heating rate of 2° C./minute from −50 to 220° C. The reported glass transition temperatures are obtained from the inflection point of the step change in the reversing heat flow versus temperature curve.

Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1H NMR)

The solution NMR spectra were acquired with a Varian UNITYINOVA-400 spectrometer. The samples were prepared by dissolving a small amount of sample in DMSO-d6 containing TMS.

Pawley Refinement

Indexing and subsequent Pawley refinement provides the most accurate determination of unit cell volume and cell parameters from XRPD data. These computations were performed using TOPAS 4.2, 2009, Bruker AXS GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany. The background was modeled using a 3rd order Chebychev polynomial. Peak shape was modeled using Lorentzian crystallite size broadening and axial divergence was modeled using the full axial model. Peak positions were allowed to vary by fitting the unit cell parameters. Whole pattern Pawley refinement was performed on all parameters simultaneously to a convergence of 0.001 in χ2.

Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)

TG analyses were performed using a TA Instruments 2950 thermogravimetric analyzer. Temperature calibration was performed using nickel and Alumel™. Each sample was placed in an aluminum pan and inserted into the TG furnace. The furnace was heated under a nitrogen purge. The data acquisition parameters are displayed above each thermogram in the Data section of this report. The method code on the thermogram is an abbreviation for the start and end temperature as well as the heating rate; e.g., 25-350-10 means “from 25 to 350° C., at 10° C./min.”

EXAMPLES Example 1 Salt Screen

Fourteen salts were targeted; however, only six glycopyrrolate salts were successfully isolated and characterized: acetate, benzoate, edisylate, oxalate, hydrogen sulfate, and tosylate. These salts were formed either by (1) reaction of glycopyrrolate bromide with silver salts of salt formers, or (2) reaction of glycopyrrolate acetate with salt former acids.

Example 2 Glycopyrrolate Benzoate

The glycopyrrolate benzoate salt was prepared only once using route (1) from Example 1. Glycopyrrolate benzoate was generated on reacting saturated aqueous solutions of each glycopyrrolate bromide with silver benzoate at approximately 92° C., followed by filtration and subsequent lyophilization of the mother liquor. The material was then recrystallized in acetone/MTBE (½, vol/vol) and sonicated to form white crystalline solids. An XRPD pattern associated with this material is in FIG. 12. Proton NMR showed the presence of equimolar amounts of the glycopyrrolate and benzoate species, as well as water. Thermal analysis of the sample showed a single endotherm with a peak maximum of 79° C. in the DSC thermogram concomitant with a 3.5 wt % loss between 25 and 80° C. in the TG trace. The weight loss was equivalent to approximately one mole of water indicating the formation of a monohydrate.

Example 3 Di-Glycopyrrolate edisylate

Di-glycopyrrolate Edisylate salt was formed using process (2) from Example 1. A second molar equivalent of glycopyrrolate acetate was added to the reaction mixture of glycopyrrolate acetate and a minor amount of silver acetate and one molar equivalent of 1,2-ethanedisulfonic acid in ethyl acetate/isopropanol (83/17, vol/vol). The mixture was stirred for approximately five minutes before the resulting grey solids were isolated and dried under vacuum at ambient temperature for one day. The dried solids were crystalline with a minor amount of silver acetate by XRPD (FIG. 14). The XRPD pattern was successfully indexed which indicated that the material was composed of a single crystalline phase. Proton NMR spectroscopy confirmed the presence of two moles of glycopyrrolate per mole of edisylate, and water. Thermal analysis of the sample showed a 3.8 wt % loss between 25 and 95° C. in the TG trace and an endotherm with a peak maximum at 103° C. in the DSC thermogram. The mass loss equates to approximately two moles water indicating a dihydrate.

Example 4 Glycopyrrolate Oxalate

Glycopyrrolate oxalate was prepared using process (2) from Example 1. Equimolar amounts of oxalic acid and glycopyrrolate acetate were dissolved in methanol then fast evaporated and dried under vacuum. The resulting glassy, gel-like material was recrystallized by slurrying in ethyl acetate to produce grey solids that were then dried under vacuum before analysis by XRPD and proton NMR spectroscopy. The XRPD pattern can be found in FIG. 16.

Example 5 Glycopyrrolate Hydrogen Sulfate

Glycopyrrolate hydrogen sulfate was prepared as a mixture with a trace amount of silver sulfate using process (2) from Example 1. Equimolar amounts of glycopyrrolate acetate and sulfuric acid were stirred in anhydrous ethyl acetate for approximately one day before the resulting material was isolated and dried under vacuum. The solids were characterized by XRPD, proton NMR spectroscopy, thermal techniques and elemental analysis. The XRPD pattern was unique and contained a trace amount of silver sulfate (FIG. 17). The XRPD pattern was successfully indexed except for the silver sulfate peak at 28.35°2θ, indicating that the glycopyrrolate hydrogen sulfate salt was composed of a single crystalline phase. The silver sulfate was likely formed from the silver acetate present in the glycopyrrolate acetate starting material. The NMR spectrum was consistent with a 1:1 ratio of a glycopyrrolate and hydrogen sulfate. Thermal analysis showed a major sharp endotherm with a peak maximum at 160° C. and a second endotherm with a peak maximum at 169° C., and a negligible weight loss of 0.2 wt % between 25 and 180° C. Elemental analysis confirmed the anhydrous salt stoichiometry.

Example 6 Glycopyrrolate Tosylate

In a dark room, silver tosylate (3.5 g) was dissolved in water (˜100 mL) by sonication. The solution was heated to approximately 40° C. and additional water was added (˜15 mL). An equimolar amount of glycopyrrolate bromide (5 g) (mixture of R,S and S,R diastereomers) was added and immediately resulted in a yellow precipitate. The slurry was stirred at approximately 40° C. overnight, and then slowly cooled while stirring to ambient temperature. At ambient temperature, the solids were vacuum filtered and the wet cake was washed three times with approximately 10 mL of water. The mother liquor was collected and filtered two times through a 0.2 μm nylon filter with glass microfiber (GMF). A clear solution was observed after filtration and was lyophilized at approximately −50° C. After 6 days, a mixture of white, needle-like and slightly sticky, glassy solids was observed. Toluene (˜20 mL) was added, and the slurry was briefly sonicated and then stirred at ambient temperature. Additional toluene (˜80 mL) was added for easier stirring, and the mixture was allowed to stand at ambient conditions for 1 day. Solids of glycopyrrolate tosylate were collected by vacuum filtration and vacuum drying at ambient temperature for 1 day.

Example 7 Preparation of Glycopyrrolate Tosylate

A slurry of equimolar amounts of glycopyrrolate acetate and p-toluenesulfonic acid was prepared in isopropanol (1 mL). The mixture was stirred at ambient temperature. Additional isopropanol (0.5 mL) was added to improve stirring, and the mixture was stirred overnight. Solids of glycopyrrolate tosylate were isolated by vacuum filtration and analyzed.

Example 8 Preparation of Glycopyrrolate Tosylate Form D

Glycopyrrolate tosylate (1.0569 g) made from Example 6 was dissolved in 4 mL ACN/H₂O (50/50 vol/vol) by sonication. The solution was filtered through 0.2 μm nylon filter into a clean vial. The solvent was allowed to partially evaporate from an open vial under ambient conditions. Further evaporation was subsequently performed under nitrogen gas flow. A gel resulted which was vacuum dried at 40° C. for 1 day. Toluene (5 mL) was added and the mixture was sonicated for approximately 10 minutes causing white solids to precipitate. The mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 1 day. The solids were isolated by vacuum filtration and the wet cake was washed with approximately 10 mL of toluene. The solids were vacuum dried at ambient temperature for 1 day. After vacuum drying the solids were placed in a vial which remained uncapped and placed inside a relative humidity chamber (˜97%). The chamber was placed inside an oven at 41° C. After 6 days, the solids were analyzed by XRPD showing Form D.

Example 9 Single Crystal Preparation of Form D

Glycopyrrolate tosylate (54.9 mg) made from Example 6 was dissolved in EtOAc/DMF (87/13 vol/vol) at approximately 55° C. at 24 mg/ml. The solution was hot filtered through a 0.2 μm nylon filter into a pre-warmed vial. The vial containing the solution was first placed in a dry ice/acetone bath and then in a freezer (approximately −25 to −10° C.). After 3 days, the solution was re-heated to approximately 50° C. and additional EtOAc was added for 96/4 EtOAc/DMF (vol/vol) at 7 mg/ml. The solution was quickly removed from elevated temperature and placed in the freezer. Solids were isolated by decanting the solvent and drying the solids under ambient conditions.

Single Crystal Data Collection

A colorless chunk of C₂₆H₃₇NO₇S [C₇H₇O₃S, C₁₉H₂₈NO₃, H₂O] having approximate dimensions of 0.23×0.20×0.18 mm, was mounted on a fiber in random orientation. Pre-liminary examination and data collection were performed with Cu Kα radiation (λ=1.54184 Å) on a Rigaku Rapid II diffractometer equipped with confocal optics. Refinements were performed using SHELX97.

Example 10 Preparation of Dehydrated Form D

A mixture of glycopyrrolate tosylate solids, including Form C and Form D, and a trace amount of silver tosylate was kept over P₂O₅ at ambient temperature for 18 days. The resulting solids were composed of a mixture of dehydrated Form D with a trace of silver tosylate as shown by XRPD analysis.

Example 11 Preparation of Form C Glycopyrrolate Tosylate

Glycopyrrolate tosylate Form D, containing trace amounts of Form C and silver tosylate, was heated on an Anton Paar TTK 450 stage and XRPD patterns were collected in situ in the range 3.5-26° (2θ). All heating steps were at approximately 10° C./min. The stage was heated in incremental steps of 20° C. from 25 to 125° C. At each step, an XRPD pattern was collected over approximately 4 minutes. The stage was then heated to 135° C. and an XRPD pattern was collected over approximately 16 minutes and after heating further to 145° C., a pattern was collected in approximately 31 minutes. The sample was subsequently cooled to 25° C. at approximately 24° C./min, upon which a final XRPD pattern was collected over approximately 16 min. The XRPD pattern of this final pattern was indexed as Form C.

Example 12 Preparation of Form C Glycopyrrolate Tosylate

Glycopyrrolate tosylate Form D from Example 6 was heated to an approximate temperature in the range 143-149° C. under a continuous nitrogen purge for approximately 3.3 hours. The vial containing the solids was capped, placed on a lab bench and allowed to cool down to room temperature. At room temperature, the vial was placed in a jar containing P₂O₅. The sample was prepared for XRPD analysis under nitrogen which confirmed production of Form C.

Example 13 Preparation of Form C Glycopyrrolate Tosylate

Glycopyrrolate tosylate (59.5 mg) from Example 6 was dissolved in acetone at approximately 50° C. at 27 mg/ml. The solution was hot filtered through a 0.2 μm nylon filter into a pre-warmed vial. The vial was capped and left on the hot plate which was subsequently turned off to allow the sample to cool slowly to ambient temperature. At ambient temperature the solution was stirred causing white solids to precipitate. The solids were isolated by vacuum filtration and the wet cake was washed with approximately 2 ml of acetone. XRPD analysis resulted in Form C.

Example 14 Amorphous Glycopyrrolate Tosylate

Glycopyrrolate tosylate from Example 6 was melted and cooled repeatedly until the majority of the solids had the appearance of a glass by microscopy. XRPD analysis indicated that the “glassy” sample was observed to be amorphous. A 2.2% weight loss was observed by TGA from 25 to 250° C. of the amorphous glycopyrrolate tosylate. The onset of the glass transition temperature was measured at 11.6° C.

All examples presented are representative and non-limiting. The above-described embodiments may be modified or varied, without departing from the invention, as appreciated by those skilled in the art in light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that, within the scope of the claims and their equivalents, the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described. 

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 26. An absorbent pad comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable solution comprising a racemic mixture of (R)-3-((S)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate and (S)-3-((R)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate or a solvate thereof and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable additives.
 27. A pharmaceutically acceptable solution comprising a racemic mixture of (R)-3-((S)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate and (S)-3-((R)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate or a solvate thereof and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable additives for topical administration.
 28. A method of treating hyperhidrosis comprising topically administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable solution of a racemic mixture of (R)-3-((S)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate and (S)-3-((R)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate or solvate thereof to the skin of a mammal.
 29. The method of claim 28, wherein said mammal is human.
 30. The method of claim 29, wherein said solution is applied to the axilla.
 31. The method of claim 29, wherein said solution is applied to the hands.
 32. The method of claim 29, wherein said solution is applied to the feet.
 33. The method of claim 29, wherein said solution is applied to the groin, face, back, or abdomen.
 34. The method of claim 28, where the administration is with an absorbent pad comprising an absorbed pharmaceutically acceptable solution of a racemic mixture of (R)-3-((S)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate and (S)-3-((R)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate.
 35. The method of claim 29, where the administration is with an absorbent pad comprising an absorbed pharmaceutically acceptable solution of a racemic mixture of (R)-3-((S)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate and (S)-3-((R)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate.
 36. The method of claim 30, where the administration is with an absorbent pad comprising an absorbed pharmaceutically acceptable solution of a racemic mixture of (R)-3-((S)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate and (S)-3-((R)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate.
 37. The method of claim 31, wherein the administration is with an absorbent pad comprising an absorbed pharmaceutically acceptable solution of a racemic mixture of (R)-3-((S)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate and (S)-3-((R)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate.
 38. The method of claim 32, wherein the administration is with an absorbent pad comprising an absorbed pharmaceutically acceptable solution of a racemic mixture of (R)-3-((S)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate and (S)-3-((R)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate.
 39. The method of claim 33, wherein the administration is with an absorbent pad comprising an absorbed pharmaceutically acceptable solution of a racemic mixture of (R)-3-((S)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate and (S)-3-((R)-2-cyclopentyl-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetoxy)-1,1-dimethylpyrrolidinium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate. 